Solar photovoltaics PV dominated new generation activity as the National Energy Regulator of South Africa NERSA registered 147 electricity generation facilities during the third quarter of the 2025/26 financial year representing 1 960 MW of generation capacity and an estimated R33,39 billion investment.
The registrations are part of the regulatory regime introduced in 2018 to enable private and embedded generation. To date, NERSA reports 2 383 generation facilities have been registered with a combined capacity of approximately 18 000 MW and total investment of about R361 billion.
NERSA also reports improved processing times. During the third quarter of 2025/26, applications were processed over an average of nine working days compared to 14 working days in the third quarter of the previous financial year when 117 applications were recorded.
